As part of measures to improve the state of broadband in the country, the Nigerian Communications Commission has inaugurated an industry-wide committee to facilitate the deployment of broadband infrastructure under a project named, National Communications Backbone .
The Committee, in collaboration with the Commission, is expected to organise an NCB financing workshop and invite all the major financial institutions, MNOs and InfraCos, and present the project, estimated at N800 billion, for adoption and financing. The EVC stated, “I appreciate your willingness and readiness to make a considerable investment of time and talent to participate in this Committee. We appreciate that you will provide an invaluable perspective as we seek to address gaps impeding the actualisation of the NCB and NNBP initiatives.”
Equally, the Committee is mandated to initiate engagements with identified sources of funding including Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority , Infrastructure Corporation of Nigeria , Africa Development Bank , and Central Bank of Nigeria among others. NCC, in a statement, signed by the Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka, said the two vulnerabilities made it possible for a remote attacker exploit to trigger remote code execution and data manipulation on the targeted system.
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